About Me

I absolutely love paper crafts!! I am a scrapbooker but my favorite craft is card making. It is so much fun to pick out paper, ribbon, embellishments and sentiments to send to someone special. I enjoy stamping, embossing with my cuttlebug and of course using my Cricut die cutting machine. I have two teenage sons and a dh who may not share my passion for crafting but at least will feign interest when I show off my latest project.

Saturday, August 1, 2015

During August it is my turn to host the challenges at 52 CCT. The first challenge of the month is always a sketch challenge. I hope that you like the sketch that I have created. I kept the sketch simple but you are free to rotate, use different shapes and add embellishments.

I added snow tex to the snow on the tree limb, polor white flower soft to her ear muffs and shaved ice to the icicles.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

It's time for a new challenge at Aud Sentiments. The theme is to follow the sketch. You can flip, rotate, use different shapes, and embellish however you want. Just make sure we can see the you followed the sketch and don't forget the sentiment

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

I needed a couple of anniversary cards so I decided to make them without stamps.

I really like the way they turned out. I used a previous Mojo Monday sketch and soft colors. Since I waited til the last minute to make them, I needed the blue one fast. I had some extra time to add a little extra to the yellow card. The pink flower trim is from Michaels. The white lace is some my aunt gave me when she cleaned out her craft room.

Monday, July 27, 2015

Yesterday we celebrated my nephew's birthday. As you can see, he turned 18. Teen boy cards are so hard to make. I am sure he was more interested in what was in the cards instead of the cards themselves. I kept this one very simple and used his school colors.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Today is my husband's birthday. He shares the day with our nephew so we celebrated last night.

I took him to the Improv in KC to see Rocky Laporte. One of our favorite shows is Last Comic Standing and Rocky was one of the final comics last season. His show was hysterical! If you ever get a chance to see him, you need to go. We were lucky and had seats right next to the stage. Just be careful about drinking...I took a sip of my drink just as he delivered a very funny joke. Needless to say, I spewed my drink out my nose.

Anyway, now you know that my husband and I like comedy so I couldn't resist making him a funny birthday card. I changed things up a bit for this card. I kept the outside simple and added the image to the inside.

Saturday, July 25, 2015

My third post for today. This is Honey Sweet Heart. She is part of this month's new release at Scrapper's Delights and you can find her HERE. She is just adorable and is perfect for Valentine's day or any occassion you want to send a little extra love to someone.

Happy Saturday! It's new release day at Scrapper's Delights. This is Flutterbye Fairy and you can find her HERE in the store.

I colored her up before I chose papers. Normally, I choose papers first and then color but I decided to color while I caught up on the shows I recorded while on vacation. I have to admit that at first, I really did not like how she looked after I colored her. I wasn't happy with the wings at all. But, I found this gorgeous double sided paper that worked perfectly and the glitter paint and stickles on her wings really made my color choices work.

The tag was made using the Decorative Labels 8 die from Spellbinders. I braided the ribbon for a little extra dimension.

I decided to bubble cut the fairy and the bubbles out. I attached her and the bubbles to the tag using pop dots so everything has a great 3 dimensional look.

The challenge this week at 52 CCT is to emboss on vellum. It's a pretty easy technique that yields beautiful results. I chose to use embossing powder for my card. I love the way the silver embossing looks on the vellum. My card is a twisted easel card with a tea light behind the vellum. You get a better view of the lighted tea light below.